Haunt of Fear #12

In "Poetic Justice!" from Haunt of Fear #12 (1952), the elderly town garbageman—beloved by children and overlooked by the wealthy—becomes the target of a cruel campaign by a powerful man and his son, who want his property. When a heartwarming stack of St. Valentine’s cards arrives at his door, he believes the children still care—until he reads the venomous messages the rich man and his son have secretly spread. The story’s chilling turn comes the following Valentine’s Day, when the old man’s fate takes a grim, vengeful shape.

In the chilling tale "...On a Dead Man's Chest!" from Haunt of Fear #12, a husband’s world unravels when his younger brother begins an affair with his wife. After a night of recklessness, the elder brother gets a tattoo of the three of them arm-in-arm on his chest—a macabre keepsake that will become the key to a murder plot gone wrong. The story’s eerie twist hinges on the tattoo’s uncanny role in revealing the truth, all set in the suspenseful atmosphere of a 1952 horror classic.

In "What's Cookin'?", two longtime restaurant owners welcome a third partner eager to revitalize their roadside diner, renaming it the Chicken Coop and embracing fried and broiled chicken. When greed takes over, they plot to eliminate him—only to face a terrifying reckoning when their victim returns, transformed and exacting a brutal revenge.